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Products that do what Apple Silicon M1 as a Service does

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1. 1
   The New Mac Mini▲108

   Apple's newest Mac Mini with the latest M1 chip

   2020

2. 2
   New Mac Mini▲273

   The mini with a punch

   2018

3. 3
   Apple Silicon App Test▲107

   Test your apps for compatibility before you buy an M1 Mac

   2021

4. 4
   Apple Silicon Games▲158

   Check game compatibility & performance on the new M1 Macs 🎮

   2020

5. 5
   Mac mini▲121

   Now with M6 and M5 Pro chips

   11d ago · apple.com

6. 6
   BaseRT▲222

   6.4x faster than llama.cpp, 3.9x faster than MLX

   Jul 2026 · basecompute.co

7. 7OS
   Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac▲919

   Hi HN, I built a specialized inference engine for running 4-bit Gemma 4 26B-A4B-IT on any M-series Mac using about 2 GB of RAM. It is called TurboFieldfare and is written in Swift and Metal. I have always adored on-device AI. It feels like magic that you can run a powerful NN on your Mac or iPhone. So I wanted to push the limits a bit and run a model whose weights don’t fit in memory. The model’s 4-bit quantized weights occupy roughly 14 GB, which makes running it with conventional inference tools almost impossible on an 8 GB or even 16 GB Mac once the OS, applications, and KV cache are…

   Jul 2026 · github.com

8. 8
   The New Mac Mini▲97

   The latest Mac Mini, now with the M2 pro chip

   2023

9. 9
   The New Macbook Pro▲185

   A new Macbook Pro with the M1 chip

   2020

10. 10VV
    Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs▲198

    2021 · github.com

11. 11
    Cai▲179

    Press ⌥C on anything to run smart actions, locally

    Apr 2026

12. 12
    The New Macbook Air▲151

    A new MacBook Air with the M1 chip

    2020

13. 13
    MacMonitor▲106

    Real-time Apple Silicon system monitor for your menu bar

    Mar 2026

14. 14
    M1 MacBook Pro▲233

    With the M1 Pro or M1 Max chip

    2021

15. 15MO
    MicroMDM – Open Source MDM Server for Apple Devices▲146

    2018 · micromdm.io

16. 16RA
    Run an 80B Qwen in 4.3 GB of RAM on a Mac, and a 35B on an iPhone▲312

    Aug 2026 · github.com

17. 17
    Orbit for Mac▲161

    Every Google account, in a single window

    Jul 2026 · orbitformac.com

18. 18
    BaseRT▲4

    Fastest LLM runtime on Apple Silicon

    Jul 2026 · basecompute.co

19. 19
    Does it ARM▲84

    Check app support for Apple Silicon

    2020

20. 20
    Mini Metro▲133

    Make the trains run on time

    2014

21. 21MP
    Maple-Preview – Ternary 20B MoE running at 120 tok/s on a iPhone▲173

    Aug 2026 · deepgrove.ai

22. 22
    iMobie M1 App Checker▲112

    Check instantly if your favorite Mac & iOS apps are M1 ready

    2020

23. 23
    MacBook Air with M4▲107

    Speed of lightness

    2025

24. 24
    iMazing 2▲140

    iOS device manager for Mac and PC

    2016

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